submitted photoA painting by the British artist Samuel Edmund Wallers was part of the estate of Nicholas Colella. It sold Saturday for $25,300 at an auction in Geneseo.

Geneseo, NY -- One painting from the estate of Nicholas Colella sold at auction for $25,300, according to auctioneer Matt Cottone.

Cottone said a 19th-century painting by the British artist Samuel Edmund Waller was bought over the phone by a French bidder during an auction Saturday in Geneseo that brought in $3.5 million, including more than $1 million paid for a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington.

The Stuart painting had been owned by a Geneseo family, Cottone said.

Colella, who died in 2008, was a Syracuse businessman, collector and philanthropist.